Carientothrips miskoi

Nomenclatural details

Carientothrips miskoi Mound, 1974: 31

Nesothrips melinus Mound 1974: 72. Synonymised by Eow et al. 2014: 206.

Biology and Distribution

Described from cabbage Tree Creek, New South Wales, in leaf litter, and the synonym from Ingham, northern Queensland.

References

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1–106.

Eow LX, Mound LA, Tree DJ & Cameron SL (2014) Australian species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genera Carientothrips and Nesothrips (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Zootaxa 3821(2): 193-221.

Type information

Holotype female of miskoi and holotype male aptera of melinus, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.